Car-headlight support.



No. 842,819. PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907.

o. M. SPINK. l CAR HEADLIGHT SUPPORT.

. APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1906.

WITNESSES;

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A TTORNEYS INVENTORQ UNITED sTA Sf PATENT OFFICE.

CASSlUSM. SP1NK,0F WARREN, INDIANA, Assionoa or ONE-HALF To JACOB l).LINES, or WARREN, INDIANA.

.CAFl-H EADLIGHT SUPPORT.

To 1/ llj'ho'rit it Duty v/merit.-

Be it known that I, CAssIUsM. SPiNK, a

citizen of the United States residing at Warren, in the county .ofHuntingt'on'and State I of Indiana, have invented a newand usefulCar-Headlight Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to headlights for railway-cars, and moreparticularly to means whereby the headlight will be automatically swungin the direction in which the car is moving, thereby rendering thedevice particularly advantageous where the car .is rounding acurvebecause of the fact that the light instead of remaining in fixedrelation to the car-body will swing with the truck.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of arotatable support for the headlight, said support being mounted at adesired oint on the car-platform and having a slotte arm at its lowerend which is engaged by a finger'adjustably mounted in a lever. Thislever is fulcrumed at a point between its'ends and is movably engaged byan actuating device connected to the truck .of

. the cafin such a manner that when the truck .turns in either directionmovement is transmitted to thesupport of the headlight and the same'iscaused to swing in the proper di-.

rection.

.The invention also consists. of certain other novel'features ofconstruction and comw binations of parts, which will be hereinafter morefully described, and pointed out in the claims. i

In the'accompanying drawings is shown the preferred formof theinvention. In said drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view ofa-port'ion of a plow and showing the,

mechanism for actuating the lamp-support.

- Fig. 2'is a side elevation of the complete mechanism. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section therethrough, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectionthrough a part. of the mechanism;-

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 'is a car-body onthe platform of which is mounted a rotatable support 2, held againstvertical movement by means of sleeves 3, suitably secured thereto. Thelower end of the support is located below the platformpf the car and hasa longitudinallyslotted arm 4 immovably secured to it. A

} headlight 5 is mounted on the upper end of the support 2, and when thesame points di-v Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 18, 1906. Serial No. 317.613.

, Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

'rectly to the front the arm 4 extends longitudinally of the'bottom ofthe car-body. A

bracket 6 is secured to the car-body, and ful in its forward-end, 'inwhich is adjustably mounted a finger 9. in place in any desired manner,as by means of clamping-nuts 10, and projects into the slot in the arm4. Another slot 11- is formed longitudinally in the other end of lever 7and is engaged by a sleeve 12, secured, as by means of a set-screw 13,upon a stem 14, which is adjustably fastened in a: slot 15. This slot isformed within a plate 16, suitably fastened to the front of a car-"truck17.

The slot 15, lever 7, and arm 4 are adapted to aline when the car is ona straight track. When, however, a curve is reached, the truck Thisfinger is secured crumed thereon is a lever 7, having a slot 8 will ofcourse swing laterally in relation to be plainly indicated topersons'standing on the curve.

It will be noted that the entire device, consisting of the plate 16, thelever,qand the support, constitutes a complete attachment which can bereadily connected to cars ordinarily used without any'material expense.The fact'that the finger 9, sleeve 12, and.

stem 14 are adjustablerenders the attachment applicable to cars ofdifferent proportion -If it is'desired to throw the lamp 5 out of gearwith the truck, the sleeve 12 maybe dis-- engaged from the lever 7. Itis of course to be understood-that the support 2 may be of any suitablelen the?) as tohold the' lam p' close to the lat orm or adjacent the topof A the car, or, i desired, the lamp may be posi-" tioned directly infront of the platform. All

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ofthese arrangements are so obvious that it is not deemed necessary togo intoadetailed, description thereof.

The preferred. form of the invention has been set forth in the foregoingdescription; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may I be made therein without-departing from the spiritorsacrificing the advantages thereof, and I [therefore reserve .the right"to make such changes as fairly ijall vvithin the scope of the clalms.

What isclaimed is i l. The combination with a car-body and a.

truck mounted to swingthereundery-of a headli ht-su port mounted topartly rotate npont ebo y, an arm movable with the su portya plate uponand movable with t e I truck, a lever fulcrumed between its ends,

means adjustably mounted upon the plate for movablyengaging the lever atone side of fits fulcrum; and means adjustably mounted 5 5. 0mm formovably engagin the arm.

upon the lever at the other side of its fuJ- ZJThe combinati'on'wit acar bodyy a'nd trnek m'onnt'ed to swing thereunder; of a headlightsugport mounted topartly rotate upon' the b9 y,'a longitudinally-slotted.arm movable wlth the su port, a longitudinallyslotted plate upon t etruck. and movable therewith, a lever fulcrumed between its ends andslotted longitudinally, meansadjustably mounted in the slot in-theplate-for engaging one of the slots in the lever, and

means adjustably mounted in the other slot in the lever'for movablyengaging the slotted arm. I, a t

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature two Witnesses.

